The Pinecone is one of those places that is incredibly seasonal. It services mostly boaters and snowmobilers. It’s in Wanakena at the opposite end of Cranberry lake from Cranberry Lake Lodge and there’s only 2 ways to get there on snowmobile: the alice brook trail (a narrow windy mess [...]
Delayed Post: written 2/14/2010
I don’t know what the Inuit word is for this type of snow (yes I know that myth isn’t really true) but I know mine: Perfect. It’s nice and grainy, packs just a little, blows just a little, isn’t wet (until it melts). Just perfect. We haven’t had a ton [...]
Tuesday was relaxing. We got up and had the continental breakfast (we made it a point to eat itevery day, no sense spending money on a meal that was included with your hotel). We took our time checking out and headed to do laundry. Since we’re here for 3 weeks we intentionally only packed enough [...]
We made our lunches for the week again today. Yes, we label each day, which gives us an extra push not to forget them.
Rachel and I have been making our lunches on Sunday for about a month and a half now. We make them for the whole week at once. This was Ramit’s [...]
My father-in-law George just turned 50 on sunday (August 3rd). It’s kind of a big deal. To celebrate the occasion my mother-in-law and the rest of the family had been planning a surprise birthday party for months. To add to the fun George Jr flew in, unknown to George Sr, from Portland Oregon and stepped [...]
A few weeks ago I took my Father to lunch at Donnelly’s. We had some great food and beer and shared a few laughs. When we got back out to the parking lot we discovered that someone had hit Rachel’s car and had done a decent amount of damage. Nothing left for [...]
